Someone Lives Here (8 Photos)

Little neighbors in unexpected places

A door has a cat. A crack in the sidewalk has a resident. And a puddle has its own crew. Eight photos of street art and public sculpture where a familiar corner turns out to be occupied.

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🕳️ Čumil — By Viktor Hulík in Bratislava, Slovakia 🇸🇰

Čumil rests at street level with his chin above folded arms, looking as though he has all day to watch the city go by. Viktor Hulík created the bronze figure in 1997. He sits at the corner of Panská and Rybárska brána in Bratislava’s Old Town; The Slovak Spectator has more on the figure.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsČumil by Viktor Hulík, Bratislava, SlovakiaViktor Hulík · 1997 · BratislavaBronzeOld Town36 cm high1The figure is 82 cm wide and 36 cm high.Bratislava City Gallery2He wears a cap with a pompom.Bratislava City Gallery199726 JulUnveiled at the Korzo Party1999CrashHit by an Italian driver201321 JulTaken in by police; back by 23 Jul2017AugRed #pamataj ribbon over his eyes2018NovRemoved: corroded anchoring20185 DecBack with new fasteners202625 JanHundreds stop by dailyRead the full file →

📷 Photo: Bybbisch94 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); resized, and cropped in the cover.

About Čumil from Visit Bratislava.

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🐈 A Cat-and-Kitten Door Knocker

A cat holds a kitten by the scruff, and the kitten is the part you knock with.

📷 Photo shared by Isabel Mathias on X.

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🐈 Catwalk — By JPS

A brown-and-white cat steps toward the viewer, its front paws aligned with the narrow concrete wall below. JPS painted the cat on the building; the real ledge does the rest.

More: Clever street art by JPS

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🐕 Sophie’s Tiny Dog Walk — By David Zinn

Sophie leans through a purple-curtained window drawn into the concrete beside a flight of steps. A leash drops to her tiny dog below. That is the whole morning walk.

More: Small surprises in the street

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🏴‍☠️ A Bottle-Cap Crew — By Slinkachu

An orange bottle cap sails under a skull-and-crossbones flag. One miniature man stands inside while another pushes from the puddle, with fallen leaves surrounding their tiny boat and the city blurred behind them.

💡 Artist Fact: Slinkachu has been leaving his little people on city streets since 2006. Each one starts as a model train set figure that he remodels and repaints before abandoning it on location.

More: More of Slinkachu’s miniature world

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🐹 Hattie’s Breakthrough — By David Zinn

Hattie throws both paws into the air from a dark opening drawn in the pavement. Real broken slabs surround the little orange creature, so the damaged ground looks like she just broke through.

💡 Artist Fact: Zinn has been making art in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1987. His street drawings are improvised on location using only chalk, charcoal and found objects, and his longest-running characters include Sluggo, a green monster, and Philomena, a flying pig.

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🦸 Ready for Takeoff — By Slinkachu in London, UK 🇬🇧

A tiny caped figure reaches for the white pull string of a party popper towering above him. At his size, it looks a lot like a rocket.

Artwork and photo by Slinkachu.

The party-popper scene was part of Slinkachu’s London miniature installations for Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow?

More: Slinkachu’s little people

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🙂 A Face in the Cracks — By Golsa Golchini

Two glossy eyes and an open pink mouth give this patch of plaster a face. Broken edges suggest pointed ears, while the existing cracks continue across the character and down toward the pavement.

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